A method for joining a thermoset plastic component and a thermoplastic component by bonding includes interconnecting the two components via a functional layer of the thermoset plastic component. The thermoplastic component is directly applied to the functional layer of the thermoset plastic component, such that a diffusion region is formed between the thermoplastic component and the functional layer of the thermoset plastic component.

A method of forming an orthopaedic implant includes: placing a bonding portion of a mating part in an opening formed in an implant body, the opening defining a variable opening width; and heat bonding the bonding portion to the material to bond the mating part to the implant body.

A method for forming a foam laminate is disclosed. The method comprises applying water to a first surface of a first foam composite to convert the first surface to a solubilized foam layer. A first composition of the first foam composite includes a first material intermixed with a second material. The first material is water-soluble and the second material is water-insoluble. The solubilized foam layer includes dissolved first material corresponding to a portion of the first material at or proximate to the first surface at least partially dissolved by the water. The method further comprises contacting the solubilized foam layer to a second surface of a second foam composite to form a foam stack. The method further comprises dehydrating the solubilized foam layer to solidify the dissolved first material and bond the first foam composite to the second foam composite to form the foam laminate.

Disclosed in the present invention are a chip and an encapsulation method therefor. The chip comprises a first sheet material, a second sheet material, a first encapsulant and a second encapsulant, the second sheet material being disposed opposite the first sheet material, the first encapsulant being disposed between the first sheet material and the second sheet material, a lane being formed in the first encapsulant, and the second encapsulant being disposed around an edge of the lane. In this way, the first encapsulant can form a stable lane for a reagent to perform a biochemical reaction, and the second encapsulant can isolate the first encapsulant from the lane, reducing or preventing the influence of special molecules released by the first encapsulant on the biochemical reaction in the lanes, thereby improving sequencing quality.